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Blade tip and tip clearance vortex flow

Underlying Flow Regime 1-02 © copyright ERCOFTAC 2004

References

Chow, J., Zilliac, G., Bradshaw, P., 1997, Turbulence measurements in the near field of a wing-tip vortex, NASA TECH Memo110418.

Chow, J., Zilliac, G., Bradshaw, P., 1997, Turbulence measurements in the near field of a wing-tip vortex AIAA Journal Vol.35, page 1561.

Dacles-Mariani, J., Zilliac, G., Chow, J., Bradshaw, P., 1995, Numerical/Experimental study of a wing-tip vortex in the near field AIAA Journal Vol.33, No 9, page 1561

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Acknowledgement

All of the figures included in this UFR are published by kind permission of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as follows

Figures 1 and 2 are figures are from Chow, J., Zilliac, G., Bradshaw, P., 1997, Turbulence measurements in the near field of a wing-tip vortex AIAA Journal Vol.35, page 1561.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are from Dacles-Mariani, J., Zilliac, G., Chow, J., Bradshaw, P., 1995, Numerical/Experimental study of a wing-tip vortex in the near field AIAA Journal Vol.33, No 9, page 1561

Contributors: Michael Casey - Sulzer Innotec AG